DETROIT — Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is pushing for transparency in the Oxford High School shooting case, saying the public and media should not be locked out of an upcoming hearing involving the teenage suspect's jail status.
"In a case involving a mass shooting such as this, there are hundreds of victims looking to our criminal justice system for accuracy; openness and transparency are critical," McDonald wrote in a court filing this week. "The proceeding should be open to the public and the media."
McDonald is referring to a Feb. 22 hearing that has been set to discuss the incarceration status of 15-year-old shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, and whether he should be moved out of an adult jail and placed in a juvenile detention center.
